faculty profile

S. Elankumaran is currently Professor of Organizational Behavior & Business Ethics. He has earned his PhD in Commerce from Pondicherry University. He has over two decades of teaching and research experience in the field of management. Prior to joining Great Lakes, he was associated with premier institutions like Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV) at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, T. A. Pai Management Institute and Amrita School of Business.

He has taught courses like ‘Management by Human Values’, ‘Business Ethics’, ‘Ethics in International Business’, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’, ‘Organizational Behavior’ and ‘Power & Politics in Workplace’.

His initial research interest was in Organizational Behavior, where he conducted research on topics like personality, organizational climate, job involvement and job satisfaction. His present research focus is on ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’, ‘Corporate Codes of Ethics/Conduct’, ‘Cross-cultural Study on Ethics’ and ‘Leadership Spirit: Insights from the Past’. His research and writings have appeared in refereed international journals such as International Journal of Value-Based Management, Journal of Human Values, Journal of Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

Further, he was involved in training over 2000 senior managers in his areas of expertise.

· Alan Wong and S Elankumaran, ‘Business Students’ Perceptions of Corporate Social Responsibility in the United States and India’, International Journal of Business and Public Administration, Volume 6, Number 2, Summer 2009, pp. 125-137.